Recruitment Night for High School Sports Officials

[MOsportsStaff]

The St Louis Suburban Conference, on behalf of all St Louis area High Schools, is hosting a Recruitment Night for High School Sports Officials. It will take place on Wednesday April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at Parkway West High School. The first part of the program will give general information pertaining to all sports. This includes, how to Register with MSHSAA, Training Opportunities, Local Associations, Cost to get Started, How to get Assignments, Where to Purchase Uniforms, How you get paid and how much you can make in officiating. We will then have break out session where we will have veteran officials from each sport who will answer questions they may have. If you have questions contact Mark Probst, Executive Secretary of the Suburban Conference at mprobstref@yahoo.com

 

[you_dont_know_me]

Terrific idea! More of this needs to happen in the state. I also believe coaches should be involved and give some feedback to young officials. The state of officiating is not near as good as it used to be and the only solution is to get more people involved and train them better.

Has little to do with quality of training, and more to do with the behavior of fans and coaches.

 

[wcowherd]

Has little to do with quality of training, and more to do with the behavior of fans and coaches.

As a former official, I'd say it's more coaches than anything. Why on earth would you want to stand there and get yelled out for 2 hours? Not worth it.